| 06/01/12 |
Fall in Love with Formosa - Modern and Traditional Chinese Dance
Montalvo Arts Center
Presented by Montalvo Arts Center
at Montalvo Arts Center
June 1, 2012
Taiwanese choreographers and performers Bih-tau Sung of Dancing Sun Foundation, Wen-jinn Luo, and Han-chieh Tso of Scarecrow Contemporary Dance Company present an evening of modern and traditional Chinese dance. Fall in Love with Formosa features three works that are based on or inspired by historical events and literary texts. Using a dance form that utilizes the physical laws of friction, momentum, gravity, and inertia, the participating dancers explore human relations and...
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| 06/03/12 |
Food and Wine Classic IX - The Art of Dining
Montalvo Arts Center
Presented by Montalvo Arts Center
at Montalvo Arts Center
June 3, 2012
Montalvo Arts Center's historic Villa celebrates its Centennial anniversary in 2012! Once again, for the 9th year in a row, the Villa will be transformed into a food and wine lover's paradise for just one day in June, featuring twenty-one of the best chefs and restaurants in California, along with twenty-one of the region's finest wineries. Chefs and winemakers will chat with guests as they prepare and serve their unique creations. Guests will bid on rare and limited edition wines and...
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06/11/12-
08/17/12 |
Montalvo Summer Camps 2012 - Visual and Performing Arts
Montalvo Arts Center
Presented by Montalvo Arts Center
at Montalvo Arts Center
June 11-August 17, 2012
32 different one-week- and two-week-long children's programs focusing on music, dance, visual arts, theatre, circus arts, and world culture, all taught by a distinguished group of Bay Area artists and arts professionals. The first cycle of classes begins on June 11 and the last of the summer runs through August 21. Registration begins for the general public on February 22, with registration available in advance to members beginning February 10. With its summer camp program, Montalvo...
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| 06/27/12 |
K.D. Lang and the Siss Boom Bang - Alternative Country
Montalvo Arts Center
Presented by Live Nation
at Montalvo Arts Center
June 27, 2012
K.D. Lang and The Siss Boom Bang will be performing in the beautiful outdoor Lilian Fontaine Garden Theatre at Montalvo. K.D. lang is that rare performer who, over 25 years as a major-label artist, has matured before everyone's very ears. The Western Canada native launched her career with a blend of country-rock stylings and playfully punk-like attitude, by turns whimsical and subversive. Back then, she practically put the alternative in alt-country, but from the very beginning, her bravura...
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07/11/12-
08/29/12 |
Montalvo Summer Luncheons 2012 - Wednesdays
Montalvo Arts Center
Presented by Montalvo Arts Center
at Montalvo Arts Center
July 11-August 29, 2012
Reservations are now being taken for the popular summer luncheons to be held on Wednesdays at the Montalvo Arts Center. The luncheons are catered by Pat Smith's Extravaganza of Saratoga which features appetizer, gourmet salads, desserts, tea or coffee. Wine is available for purchase. Please visit Montalvo Art Center Website for the detailed menu. Vegetarian entrees are available at the time of the reservation.
Fashion shows by local boutiques are presented at every luncheon....
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| 07/13/12 |
Al Green - Soul
Montalvo Arts Center
Presented by Live Nation
at Montalvo Arts Center
July 13, 2012
Al Green will be performing in the beautiful outdoor Lilian Fontaine Garden Theatre at Montalvo. Green's high, seductive voice, passionate performing style, and sinewy stage presence will make this a compelling concert.
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| 07/20/12 |
Rock the Garden - Scupture on the Grounds Exhibition Opening Celebration
Montalvo Arts Center
Presented by Montalvo Arts Center
at Montalvo Arts Center
July 20, 2012
Come enjoy a summer party blast with live performances, spirited music, food, and drink to mark the opening of the 2012 Sculpture on the Grounds exhibition on the Great Lawn! This spectacular multidisciplinary event will feature newly-commissioned installations throughout Montalvo's grounds.
Media artist and Lucas Residency Fellow Daniel Canogar, based in Madrid and Montreal, will do a large-scale projection on the front of the Villa as one component of the celebration....
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| 07/29/12 |
Circus Bella
Montalvo Arts Center
Presented by Montalvo Arts Center
at Montalvo Arts Center
July 29, 2012
Circus Bella is an open air, one-ring circus featuring contemporary, high-level acts set to an original score performed by live musicians. David Hunt and Abigail Munn created Circus Bella in the spring of 2008 to respond to a shared dream for accessible and high quality circus in the Bay Area. Together, with band director and composer Rob Reich, they assembled themselves into an ensemble company of nine performing artists and a quartet of musicians.
That fall, Circus Bella...
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| 08/10/12 |
Starry Starry Night - Art and Astronomy Slumber Party
Montalvo Arts Center
Presented by Montalvo Arts Center
at Montalvo Arts Center
August 10, 2012
Celebrate mankind's fascination with the heavens and astronomy's influence on art through the ages. Coinciding with the 404th anniversary of the invention of the telescope, the 43rd anniversary of the lunar landing, and the annual Perseid meteor showers, Starry Starry Night 2012 explores humankind's relationship with outer space.
The community is invited to learn about the vast night sky and the art it inspires through stimulating astronomy talks by guest astronomers and...
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| 08/23/12 |
An Evening with Chris Botti - Jazz Trumpeter
Montalvo Arts Center
Presented by Live Nation
at Montalvo Arts Center
August 23, 2012
Chris Botti will be performing in the beautiful outdoor Lilian Fontaine Garden Theatre at Montalvo. Botti, performing worldwide and selling more than three million albums, has found a form of creative expression that begins in jazz and expands beyond the limits of any single genre. With Impressions, and the albums that preceded it, Chris Botti has thoroughly established himself as one of the important, innovative figures of the contemporary music world.
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| 08/25/12 |
Dave Koz and BeBe Winans - Jazz
Montalvo Arts Center
Presented by Live Nation
at Montalvo Arts Center
August 25, 2012
Dave Koz and BeBe Winans will be performing in the beautiful outdoor Lilian Fontaine Garden Theatre at Montalvo. In a career that spans twenty years and a dozen albums, saxophonist Dave Koz has established himself as one of the most prominent figures in contemporary music. Koz finds himself in an era of dramatic and sweeping change where everyhting once taken for granted is suddenly up for grabs. The gold certified The Dance and Saxophonic each spawned five Top 5 hits on the...
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09/08/12-
09/16/12 |
Twelfth Night
Montalvo Arts Center
Presented by Shakespeare Santa Cruz
at Montalvo Arts Center
September 8-September 16, 2012
Shipwrecked on the coast of Illyria, and fearing that her brother has drowned, Viola disguises herself as a man. In short order, she falls in love with the neighboring Duke Orsino--who loves the Lady Olivia--who loves the disguised Viola! With mistaken identity and a hilarious love triangle, Twelfth Night is one of the most enchanting of Shakespeare's comedies.
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| 09/30/12 |
Joe Walsh - Rock
Montalvo Arts Center
Presented by Live Nation
at Montalvo Arts Center
September 30, 2012
Joe Walsh will be performing in the beautiful outdoor Lilian Fontaine Garden Theatre at Montalvo. A member of the classic rock band, The Eagles, Walsh has also had a successful solo career which included hit songs such as the satirical Life's Been Good.
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| 10/04/12 |
Joe Jackson and The Bigger Band featuring Regina Carter - Jazz
Montalvo Arts Center
Presented by Live Nation
at Montalvo Arts Center
October 4, 2012
Joe Jackson plus The Bigger Band featuring Regina Carter will be performing Jackson's classic hits and selections from his new album, The Duke--songs made famous by Duke Ellington. This concert will be in the beautiful outdoor Lilian Fontaine Garden Theatre at Montalvo.
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